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Slovak and Finnish


Finnish and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Czech Language   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
46   
26
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
8   
5

How Many Consonants
38   
27
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj   
Moi   

Thank You
Ďakujem vám   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
Dobrú noc   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
Dobrý večer   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
Dobré ráno   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
Prosím   
haluta   

Sorry
Pardón!   
Anteeksi   

Bye
Dovidenia   
Heippa   

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   
Finland   

Dialect 2
Central Slovak   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   
Finland, Rauma   

Dialect 3
Western Slovak   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.20 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.20 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
slovenčina   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina   
Suomi   

French Name
slovaque   
finnois   

German Name
Slowakisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Slovaks   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
6th Century   
1543   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Western   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Slovak   
standard Finnish   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sk   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
slo   
fin   

ISO 639 3
slk   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1269   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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All Slovak and Finnish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Slovak and Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Slovak and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovak are spoken in different Slovak Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovak vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak, Central Slovak. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Slovak and Finnish Speaking population

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Slovak and Finnish Language Codes

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